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The Best Show on WFMU => Show Discussion => Topic started by: MiddleBro on August 21, 2013, 04:13:25 PM

Hey FOT, I see bits and pieces in the Best/Worst thread, but figured it might be nice to compile all of the pieces we can identify in one easy-to-access definitive list in a separate thread. The whole thing intrigues me, as it's very different from what I'm used to in The Best Show, but I think that's part of the point. I can tell some pieces, but I am curious about the source of others, so I figure the board would be the best place to go. Additions don't need to be added in the specific chronological order they were added in the show, but being as specific to the original source would be helpful, if possible. Thanks, in advance! Here's what I've got, so far, off the top of my head:

Hey FOT, I see bits and pieces in the Best/Worst thread, but figured it might be nice to compile all of the pieces we can identify in one easy-to-access definitive list in a separate thread. The whole thing intrigues me, as it's very different from what I'm used to in The Best Show, but I think that's part of the point. I can tell some pieces, but I am curious about the source of others, so I figure the board would be the best place to go. Additions don't need to be added in the specific chronological order they were added in the show, but being as specific to the original source would be helpful, if possible. Thanks, in advance! Here's what I've got, so far, off the top of my head:

The scene from the Master where he walks to the wall and backDinging bell is from Breaking Bad when nursing home blows up?Opening section from Street Hassle.Opening notes from One by Aimmee MannHi I'm Dennis from Best Show Four Loko Christmas Party

I was thinking Breaking Bad, initially, for the bell, but I don't quite think it sounds right, at least not from the nursing home scene, where it's dinged pretty repeatedly, in a rapid succession. Also, how could I forget "Hi, I'm Dennis!"? I figured "Spring Break" might have been from Spring Breakers, but I haven't seen it. Doesn't sound much like Franco to me, but I don't know. Thanks for the responses, so far! Let's keep it up!

The dinging bell is certainly Breaking Bad, but not the "Face Off" scene--goes on too long. Probably the old fuck trying to tell Tuco something or trying to get the attention of a nurse once he's in the home.

I'm hoping Fonzie trying to apologize and the Mason line from "Clifford" make an appearance.

I love how these collages combine familiar Best Show topics and add intresting/funny unfamiliar clips. In some ways they're a perfect distillation of The Best Show to me. And at the same time they're a weird thing I would have never expected from The Best Show.

Thanks for starting this thread, MiddleBro. I've been wondering about these myself. Have been loving the evolution of the collage week-to-week.

Glad to be of assistance! Also, someone mentioned the "Mason" line from Clifford. I was just thinking that it'd make a nice addition, but then again, maybe it belongs reserved strictly for Newbridgians calling in, to keep it separate.

Yeah, I used to like Hardwick, but that loop of him kind of made me hate him and the whole idea of "nerds"

Yeah, I still enjoy Hardwick greatly, but I've always disliked his grandstanding of "nerd" culture. "Nerds" are no more special than any other labelled group of people, yet he fetishizes them greatly. Why label your personality so that you squeeze yourself into a tiny box and scowl disdainfully at those who are even the slightest bit outside of it?

I think Chris Hardwick is a nice guy but that podcast is unlistenable and their interviews never really offer a lot of depth. You kind of leave with nothing in those interviews or they're the same thing you would find on Jimmy Fallon or Jay Leno. Just these fluff interviews where all we really find out or learn is that the guest is "The nicest guy." And it kind of bugs me that his version of nerd is just blind enthusiasm for everything.

Yeah, I used to like Hardwick, but that loop of him kind of made me hate him and the whole idea of "nerds"

Yeah, I still enjoy Hardwick greatly, but I've always disliked his grandstanding of "nerd" culture. "Nerds" are no more special than any other labelled group of people, yet he fetishizes them greatly. Why label your personality so that you squeeze yourself into a tiny box and scowl disdainfully at those who are even the slightest bit outside of it?

Nerd culture kind of got diluted past the point of no return once you had 'sports nerds'. Also there was a kind of 'Geek' vs. 'Nerd' thing going on where I leaned toward 'Geek', so I never really Nerd identified. I generally find the fetishization of nerds/geeks embarrassing more often than not these days, and don't particularly feel a kinship with the herd with things diluted and fragmented (for example, I just never really got into gaming). N.E.R.D. had a couple good songs, though, I thought.

The Nerdist podcast gets on my nerves. I subscribe but only listen if the guest is fantastic. Patton Oswalt's appearance and the story about his tenure on MadTV was great. The Zucker brothers interview was also great. But it's really only great when Hardwick, Mira and Ray get out of the way and just let the guest tell stories - but that's also the show's weakness, because a distinctive personality/viewpoint is what makes Maron great as an interviewer/conversationalist, while Hardwick seems to think hysterical enthusiasm and Simpsons references adequately comprise a personality. As an interviewer he pitches nothing but softballs.

The other thing that really tests me with the Nerdist is that Hardwick and Mira, particularly, do this thing where they laugh nervously through their teeth immediately after saying something "funny," which makes me super-tense, because it just reeks of insecurity. And they can't ever make a joke without making a joke about the joke they just made. The fetishization of "nerds" is intensely grating too - we get it, you guys like comic books and gaming and sci-fi; stop acting like you earned something important.

Having said that, Hardwick's standup can be funny sometimes and I kind of like his song parodies once in a while.

The other thing that really tests me with the Nerdist is that Hardwick and Mira, particularly, do this thing ...

WHY are there three of them? The format of that show has never made any sense to me. They've landed some great guests, but it continually eludes me why anyone would want to place themselves in that 3 against 1 situation.

I've heard enjoyable things from Mira, J-Ray and the 'wick in other contexts ... but regarding the flagship show of the Nerdist podcast network ... the show that obstensibly serves as a tentpole: why are there three of them?

The Nerdist interviews can lead to some good moments once they get going, but good lord the opening 10 minutes or so when all three of them are giddy and trying to riff all over the place is really hard to sit through.

So no one has a clue as to the "sex slave" call? I could be wrong on both counts but I think it is early Howard Stern and a young Scharpling.

That's definitely not Howard Stern. Howard had a much more nasally voice in the 80s.

I'm pretty sure - based only on the host's speech pattern - that it's W. Alan B. Colmes (of Hannity & Colmes fame) during his period as a shock jock on WABC in the 1980s.

It's definitely Alan Colmes. It's funny, because I first became aware of Alan Colmes in the mid-90s, when the only radio station I could get at my temp job played a show he did with Barry Farber, another radio host whom Tom has mentioned on occasion.

It was a runup to Hannity & Colmes, only with a (somewhat) genteel Southern conservative instead of a braying, moronic jackass.

I don't care what your politics are, if you can't recognize that Sean Hannity is a moron, _you_ are a moron.

The Hardwick bit in the audio collage makes me think of this (this is as funny as contemporary German comedy gets, and second best is a long way down from here) Bernd das Brot aka Bernd the Bread - NERD PARTY subtitled English just for you! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcKAdLfVFow#)

This is turning into the blob. The collage is now approx 19 minutes. I think if it can reach 22 minutes we'd have a proper LP side. I kinda liked losing the right-wing radio shit in favor of Ice Cube's "you think you colder than me?!?" to a can of Coors Light. Speaking of...Mike sounding like a Batman villain: "Do you have puppy dogs hee hee he he"

I wasn't familiar with "Porcupine Pie" so I looked it up to see who sung it. As I was searching, I came across a site called songmeanings.com. On their entry for Porcupine Pine, the sole comment (from 7 years ago) is the following: "Don't you dare ask Tom Scharpling of WFMU 90.1 NJ fame to play a request, or you'll get a heaping plateful of Porcupine Pie!"

I wonder if it was Tom himself who posted it. It was pretty funny to find, nonetheless. I'm still making my through the archives, so I wasn't aware that was something Tom used to do.

Hey FOT, I see bits and pieces in the Best/Worst thread, but figured it might be nice to compile all of the pieces we can identify in one easy-to-access definitive list in a separate thread. The whole thing intrigues me, as it's very different from what I'm used to in The Best Show, but I think that's part of the point. I can tell some pieces, but I am curious about the source of others, so I figure the board would be the best place to go. Additions don't need to be added in the specific chronological order they were added in the show, but being as specific to the original source would be helpful, if possible. Thanks, in advance! Here's what I've got, so far, off the top of my head:

Hey FOT, I see bits and pieces in the Best/Worst thread, but figured it might be nice to compile all of the pieces we can identify in one easy-to-access definitive list in a separate thread. The whole thing intrigues me, as it's very different from what I'm used to in The Best Show, but I think that's part of the point. I can tell some pieces, but I am curious about the source of others, so I figure the board would be the best place to go. Additions don't need to be added in the specific chronological order they were added in the show, but being as specific to the original source would be helpful, if possible. Thanks, in advance! Here's what I've got, so far, off the top of my head:

Hey FOT, I see bits and pieces in the Best/Worst thread, but figured it might be nice to compile all of the pieces we can identify in one easy-to-access definitive list in a separate thread. The whole thing intrigues me, as it's very different from what I'm used to in The Best Show, but I think that's part of the point. I can tell some pieces, but I am curious about the source of others, so I figure the board would be the best place to go. Additions don't need to be added in the specific chronological order they were added in the show, but being as specific to the original source would be helpful, if possible. Thanks, in advance! Here's what I've got, so far, off the top of my head:

I think that's about all I've got for now. Thanks, again, for any help in keeping this up to date!

-Zach

Hey Zach, want to take a stab at IDs for the collage in its most recent incarnation (9/10/2013)? Lots there I have no clue about

Hey, I think a few others have already mentioned the ones I can remember as new additions, off the top of my head. This thread is basically for anyone who wants to chime in and add updates or help identify things I missed from the earlier incarnations, or just better clarify their sources. If it's wanted, I can go back and update the initial post with new stuff, for an easy-to-access, all-encompassing archive of what has been called out.

Otherwise, I just want to mention that the use of Kelsey Grammer singing the Frasier song, cut off by his classic fall, with perfect timing on the switch, was pretty brilliant, and I laughed out loud each time I heard it, on the ride home on Tuesday night.

It seems there are like three main themes developing: the Frankie Teardrop/Chromatics "Drive" song portion is like a descent into Hell (or the Hate Pit) with the more diabolical clips- "Spring Break", "Bayonne...", "Hi everyone I'm Chuck Woolery. If we all live long enough we experience arthritis pain", with Dice's breakdown (I forget if Michael Richards strange explanation for his racism was in the last one but it would fit perfectly here).

I would love to get a file of all the audio collages strung together from end to end and listen to them in one sitting.

Did you guys notice how Tom made sure to reference the Pruane Drive-jacket video in this discussion with Gabe? Then, it was in the audio collage later.

He's doing a great job of tying all the segments of the show together: Talking about corrupt Councilman Big Jim Rennie in Under the Dome, then getting a call from corrupt Alderman Shorter. Then, he segues right into the Queen song, which fades into the Audio Collage, which refers back to the Under the Dome discussion.

On that note one of my favorite Spike moments was when Tom got him to sing a Christmas Carol (Deck the Halls?) and Tom started speeding up and slowing down and then berated Spike for getting out of sync when 'I'm making some Christmas magic here. Heave ho!' No idea what show that was (aside from it being a December one)...

This goes back to one of the funniest stories he's ever told. He went to a Beatles convention. A strange group of fans was hanging around; every once in awhile one would sing a song, and the group would all join in.

The room got quiet, one of the fans screwed up his courage and belted out "Misterrrrrrrrrrrr.... Moonlight!" and... Well, I won't spoil it, but that's where the clip comes from.

I think it's this one: March 27, 2012: Tom went to another Beatles convention, and things got weird!

This goes back to one of the funniest stories he's ever told. He went to a Beatles convention. A strange group of fans was hanging around; every once in awhile one would sing a song, and the group would all join in.

The room got quiet, one of the fans screwed up his courage and belted out "Misterrrrrrrrrrrr.... Moonlight!" and... Well, I won't spoil it, but that's where the clip comes from.

I think it's this one: March 27, 2012: Tom went to another Beatles convention, and things got weird!

I'm pretty sure that in the first or second version of the collage there is a clip of what sounds like Spike calling into a radio station about Heroes & Villains (the song trivia contest- I think his guess was Help Me Rhonda).

I'm pretty sure that in the first or second version of the collage there is a clip of what sounds like Spike calling into a radio station about Heroes & Villains (the song trivia contest- I think his guess was Help Me Rhonda).

I'm pretty sure that in the first or second version of the collage there is a clip of what sounds like Spike calling into a radio station about Heroes & Villains (the song trivia contest- I think his guess was Help Me Rhonda).

This is toward the end of the 8-20-13 collage. I don't think that's Spike. That's not his name, and the voice is directionally correct but not the same.

I finally figured this out last night, with some crowd-sourcing help from twitter. I believe this has been at the tail end of all versions of the collage ... Perhaps signifying a dream of release from the hatepit/nightmare world.

Can't tell for sure, but I believe the rendition Tom is using is Nicole Kidman's from ... wait for it ... MOULIN ROUGE!! This is an extra added bonus for longtime Best Show fans:

I finally figured this out last night, with some crowd-sourcing help from twitter. I believe this has been at the tail end of all versions of the collage ... Perhaps signifying a dream of release from the hatepit/nightmare world.

Can't tell for sure, but I believe the rendition Tom is using is Nicole Kidman's from ... wait for it ... MOULIN ROUGE!! This is an extra added bonus for longtime Best Show fans:

I still like Ricky Gervais overall because even his level of twitter idiocy cant wash out the brilliant old radio shows and The Office, but listening to that clip it's bizarre that someone famous for playing/creating the most oblivious fictional tools of all time has become one of the most oblivious real life tools in showbiz. Never seen such a respected comedy name go in the toilet faster.

It's crazy that he sort of became a version of David Brent - sublimely arrogant and clueless, and totally oblivious to how he's actually seen by most people.

^He got tons of awards and praise for the first two seasons of The Office and then his show b/c a huge thing in the States. Plus having a hit podcast before people knew what podcasts were added to his Legend. These things put the zap on his head and he's been coasting since on mediocrity and the humbleness of his more talented partner Stephen Merchant. I don't think he was truly acting much in The Office, in retrospection.

^He got tons of awards and praise for the first two seasons of The Office and then his show b/c a huge thing in the States. Plus having a hit podcast before people knew what podcasts were added to his Legend. These things put the zap on his head and he's been coasting since on mediocrity and the humbleness of his more talented partner Stephen Merchant. I don't think he was truly acting much in The Office, in retrospection.

I guess we'll find out this weekend when "Hey Ladies" premieres who the more talented one is, the trailers look like it will be funny.

I came to the FOT forum looking specifically for an answer to this question. Thanks for this thread. Had to register just to ask...

What is the source of the guy saying something like "I wanna get it, you're gonna give it, gotta get it on a picnic..."? Sounds like something from a show call because I think I can hear people laughing in the background. Has this been ID'd yet? Thanks!

I came to the FOT forum looking specifically for an answer to this question. Thanks for this thread. Had to register just to ask...

What is the source of the guy saying something like "I wanna get it, you're gonna give it, gotta get it on a picnic..."? Sounds like something from a show call because I think I can hear people laughing in the background. Has this been ID'd yet? Thanks!

I'll be that nerd who goes ahead and gives a little more detail. The clip in question probably came from this show: "August 6, 2013: ANDY KINDLER talks Adam Carolla and Pigpen. AP Mike is Judas to Deadheads. Henry Rollins was on Jeff Garlin's podcast. Mike from Stonebridge checks in. Tom gets stuck in an elevator. Stephen from Chicago receives a peculiar letter. #AndrewWhoClay"

Pigpen is a long-deceased member of the Dead who AP Mike claims is the "first rapper". Comedian Andy Kindler likes to call the show, and him and Tom will often discuss how Tom goofs on some of Andy's favorite music. But even the most ardent of Deadheads agree that PigPen is wide-open for mockery.

I believe he genuinely has a place in his heart for Dice, if only for that "Hour Back" bit that someone also planted in MY head years ago. Dice is pretty plainly what he is, but there is something about the concept behind that album and that bit in particular that is just... wonderfully ridiculous in so many ways. I think he loves Dice in the way that he loves Morton Downey Jr. Or hates Dice in the same way he does Morton Downey Jr. Whichever.

As for the rest of the bits... some are just funny (AP Mike), some he's making fun of (Kelsey's metier), some in-between... but perhaps it's better to analyze it less and simply enjoy.

Understand - I'm talking completely and totally to myself when I say that.

I've been skipping over The Gift for so long (like, 25 years) that I forgot how heavy the music was.

Oh hey, I didn't know about this!

So great.

"Now you can look at that band and wonder whereAll that sound was coming fromWith just 4 people there.

Twangy sounds of the cheapest types,Sounds as stark as black and white stripes,Bold and brash, sharp and rude,Like the heats turned offAnd you're low on food.How in the world were they making that sound?Velvet Underground."

My parents got a vcr in 1984 (to record the olympics, of course). I was 12. I used to tape Letterman every night and watch it in the morning (I thought Letterman was great because I watched his morning show when I was little and thought his bit with the sea monkeys was hilarious). They ran this commercial a lot:

Lou Reed 1984 Honda ad (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45foWEjC8_s#)

It took me a while to figure out it was Lou Reed. Before that somehow I got it in my head it was the Moody Blues. I listened to a bunch of terrible albums trying to find the song from the commercial. Eventually I figured out it was Lou Reed (maybe I finally noticed the posters in the commercial?) and looked him up in the card catalog at the library. They had the "Rock and Roll Diary" double album compilation. I probably had that checked out all of 1985 and 1986. That's how I got into the Velvet Underground. Thanks, Honda. (This feels like a Gregulator story. You're welcome, everybody.)

I'm pretty sure unless memory fails that the original stereo pressings of White Light/White Heat had the spoken word part of "The Gift" all the way over on one channel and the instrumental "Booker T" all the way on the other. So it was a simple matter for some genius to reproduce the instrumental on both channels and come up with a monster mono jam. Wow.

I'm pretty sure unless memory fails that the original stereo pressings of White Light/White Heat had the spoken word part of "The Gift" all the way over on one channel and the instrumental "Booker T" all the way on the other. So it was a simple matter for some genius to reproduce the instrumental on both channels and come up with a monster mono jam. Wow.

The part with the isolated John Cale brought back some memories for me. When I was in college I roomed in a place with a bunch of stoners, and one of them was a really funny dude named Jim. People liked to hang out in Jim's room and listen to LPs. The experience was enhanced by sitting in the "energy dome" which was a vintage beauty store blow-dryer chair that Jim had trashpicked. There were a few weeks where one of the speakers on Jim's stereo was blown out. This had a pronounced effect on listening to records with gratuitous channel separation.

So I have a memory of listening to The Gift while sitting "under the dome". It was pretty much an isolated track of Cale's narration, with a very faint, almost subliminal hint of the left-channel instrumental. And all these years later, Tom has brought a facsimile of this experience to a larger dome of listernership(s).

I'm pretty sure unless memory fails that the original stereo pressings of White Light/White Heat had the spoken word part of "The Gift" all the way over on one channel and the instrumental "Booker T" all the way on the other. So it was a simple matter for some genius to reproduce the instrumental on both channels and come up with a monster mono jam. Wow.

My parents got a vcr in 1984 (to record the olympics, of course). I was 12. I used to tape Letterman every night and watch it in the morning (I thought Letterman was great because I watched his morning show when I was little and thought his bit with the sea monkeys was hilarious). They ran this commercial a lot:

It took me a while to figure out it was Lou Reed. Before that somehow I got it in my head it was the Moody Blues. I listened to a bunch of terrible albums trying to find the song from the commercial. Eventually I figured it was Lou Reed (maybe I finally noticed the posters in the commercial?) and looked him up in the card catalog at the library. The had the "Rock and Roll Diary" double album compilation. I probably had that checked out all of 1985 and 1986. That's how I got into the Velvet Underground. Thanks, Honda. (This feels like a Gregulator story. You're welcome, everybody.)

I assume that was Tony Curtis talking about John Lennon. You know who I wonder about? That guy backstage that Paul Stanley was talking to, who told him that a lot of the audience members like drinking vodka and orange juice. How did this person know this? And are all of Paul Stanley's backstage conversations this fascinating?

I assume that was Tony Curtis talking about John Lennon. You know who I wonder about? That guy backstage that Paul Stanley was talking to, who told him that a lot of the audience members like drinking vodka and orange juice. How did this person know this? And are all of Paul Stanley's backstage conversations this fascinating?

He seems to have this particular conversation a lot. Also, nearly every night he has a conversation with "a reporter from your local newspaper" about how KISS is all washed up.

I'm pretty sure unless memory fails that the original stereo pressings of White Light/White Heat had the spoken word part of "The Gift" all the way over on one channel and the instrumental "Booker T" all the way on the other.

That's true! A few months ago during the Invisible Man / Invisible Hipster monologue, I threw together 90 seconds of audio from the movie with the right channel of "The Gift." Maybe I should take the Invisible Hipster dialogue and put it on the left channel! When you have the instrument track isolated, the possibilities are endless!

This week's version of the collage featured: "It's Over", by Roy Orbinson, and a very brief snippet of Freddie Mercury singing "goodbye, everybody", "Bohemian Rhapsody".

Also featured: The hushed scatting intro to Bowie's "Queen Bitch" ... ("Bowie was a great Velvet Underground fan and wrote the song in tribute to the band and Lou Reed" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_Bitch)):

I'm pretty sure unless memory fails that the original stereo pressings of White Light/White Heat had the spoken word part of "The Gift" all the way over on one channel and the instrumental "Booker T" all the way on the other. So it was a simple matter for some genius to reproduce the instrumental on both channels and come up with a monster mono jam. Wow.

The part with the isolated John Cale brought back some memories for me. When I was in college I roomed in a place with a bunch of stoners, and one of them was a really funny dude named Jim. People liked to hang out in Jim's room and listen to LPs. The experience was enhanced by sitting in the "energy dome" which was a vintage beauty store blow-dryer chair that Jim had trashpicked. There were a few weeks where one of the speakers on Jim's stereo was blown out. This had a pronounced effect on listening to records with gratuitous channel separation.

So I have a memory of listening to The Gift while sitting "under the dome". It was pretty much an isolated track of Cale's narration, with a very faint, almost subliminal hint of the left-channel instrumental. And all these years later, Tom has brought a facsimile of this experience to a larger dome of listernership(s).

On the 10/22/13 at 1:55:25 a dude called in and did this like crappy impersonation solo of Coheed and Cambria. Tom said it would be in the audio collage but I haven't heard it yet. It was hilarious and I would love to see it used.

I'm pretty sure unless memory fails that the original stereo pressings of White Light/White Heat had the spoken word part of "The Gift" all the way over on one channel and the instrumental "Booker T" all the way on the other.

That's true! A few months ago during the Invisible Man / Invisible Hipster monologue, I threw together 90 seconds of audio from the movie with the right channel of "The Gift." Maybe I should take the Invisible Hipster dialogue and put it on the left channel! When you have the instrument track isolated, the possibilities are endless!

I'm pretty sure unless memory fails that the original stereo pressings of White Light/White Heat had the spoken word part of "The Gift" all the way over on one channel and the instrumental "Booker T" all the way on the other.

That's true! A few months ago during the Invisible Man / Invisible Hipster monologue, I threw together 90 seconds of audio from the movie with the right channel of "The Gift." Maybe I should take the Invisible Hipster dialogue and put it on the left channel! When you have the instrument track isolated, the possibilities are endless!

I'm pretty sure unless memory fails that the original stereo pressings of White Light/White Heat had the spoken word part of "The Gift" all the way over on one channel and the instrumental "Booker T" all the way on the other.

That's true! A few months ago during the Invisible Man / Invisible Hipster monologue, I threw together 90 seconds of audio from the movie with the right channel of "The Gift." Maybe I should take the Invisible Hipster dialogue and put it on the left channel! When you have the instrument track isolated, the possibilities are endless!

I'm pretty sure unless memory fails that the original stereo pressings of White Light/White Heat had the spoken word part of "The Gift" all the way over on one channel and the instrumental "Booker T" all the way on the other.

That's true! A few months ago during the Invisible Man / Invisible Hipster monologue, I threw together 90 seconds of audio from the movie with the right channel of "The Gift." Maybe I should take the Invisible Hipster dialogue and put it on the left channel! When you have the instrument track isolated, the possibilities are endless!

On the 10/22/13 at 1:55:25 a dude called in and did this like crappy impersonation solo of Coheed and Cambria. Tom said it would be in the audio collage but I haven't heard it yet. It was hilarious and I would love to see it used.

Can someone pull this for me as an mp3? It would help me a lot and I don't want this dude disappointed in me.

On the 10/22/13 at 1:55:25 a dude called in and did this like crappy impersonation solo of Coheed and Cambria. Tom said it would be in the audio collage but I haven't heard it yet. It was hilarious and I would love to see it used.

Can someone pull this for me as an mp3? It would help me a lot and I don't want this dude disappointed in me.

Was that Longmont Potion Castle? The section with the two guys on the phone talking about Pink Floydconcerts?

It's a phone conversation between two guys named Derek and Kurt. Kurt made and recorded the call during which he knew just the right questions to ask to get Derek to say some of the greatest things I've ever heard. Based on references made I've been able to determine that the call is from 1993. I first heard it sometime in the late 90s/early 00s. The call was the equivalent of "Rock, Rot & Rule" among touring metal bands of that time.

The entire call is nearly 45 minutes. I cut it up into individual tracks as there are a few times that Derek puts Kurt on hold for a couple of minutes. I uploaded the call to my Google Drive. Have at it!

It's a phone conversation between two guys named Derek and Kurt. Kurt made and recorded the call during which he knew just the right questions to ask to get Derek to say some of the greatest things I've ever heard. ... I cut it up into individual tracks as there are a few times that Derek puts Kurt on hold for a couple of minutes. I uploaded the call to my Google Drive. Have at it!

Was happy to hear the metal guys! That's an old classic. Here's a Soundcloud url, too: [url]https://soundcloud.com/nbzmbni/a-conversation-between-two[/url] ([url]https://soundcloud.com/nbzmbni/a-conversation-between-two[/url])

Thanks, Dudes! The last few days I was going crazy trying to remember exactly which piece of awesome 70s tuneage was mixed in with those calls. I was pretty sure it was Paul Rodgers and Free, and I finally figured out what song it was today ... according to the YouTubes this is an "alternate heavy version". And I now remember that I know this version from Tom playing it a few years back. Enjoy and ROCK OUT!!

Was that Longmont Potion Castle? The section with the two guys on the phone talking about Pink Floydconcerts?

It's a phone conversation between two guys named Derek and Kurt. Kurt made and recorded the call during which he knew just the right questions to ask to get Derek to say some of the greatest things I've ever heard. Based on references made I've been able to determine that the call is from 1993. I first heard it sometime in the late 90s/early 00s. The call was the equivalent of "Rock, Rot & Rule" among touring metal bands of that time.

The entire call is nearly 45 minutes. I cut it up into individual tracks as there are a few times that Derek puts Kurt on hold for a couple of minutes. I uploaded the call to my Google Drive. Have at it!

Was that Longmont Potion Castle? The section with the two guys on the phone talking about Pink Floydconcerts?

It's a phone conversation between two guys named Derek and Kurt. Kurt made and recorded the call during which he knew just the right questions to ask to get Derek to say some of the greatest things I've ever heard. Based on references made I've been able to determine that the call is from 1993. I first heard it sometime in the late 90s/early 00s. The call was the equivalent of "Rock, Rot & Rule" among touring metal bands of that time.

The entire call is nearly 45 minutes. I cut it up into individual tracks as there are a few times that Derek puts Kurt on hold for a couple of minutes. I uploaded the call to my Google Drive. Have at it!

What was the rock part that played after the nerds bit when Mike is doing his "Hi im Dennis" right before the end?

I think you're referring to the super-phased violin loop from ELO's "Evil Woman"

Rock part after the "Nerds" bit: "Ohm" by Yo La Tengo (I got some help from my SoundHound app for that one).

Also in the latest iteration of the collage: Another ELO song, "Don't Bring Me Down". That song's four-on-the-floor beat is mixed in with a sort of industrial sounding click-track. Anywhere know where that beat is from? The part that's combined with "Don't Bring Me Down"?

Also in the recent collage: The synth bass part from Frankie Goes to Hollywood's "Relax" combined with the spooky pre-song rumblings of Pink Floyd's "Welcome to the Machine". The spooky Floyd rumble returns towards the end to underscore Roy Orbison's "It's Over" :(

Clearly, coheed and cambria are familiar with zeppelin. "Kashmir" stomp? Check. Double-neck guitar? check. Mystical runes? check. I mean those runes at the end of the vid are almost same as the Zoso Runes.

What was the rock part that played after the nerds bit when Mike is doing his "Hi im Dennis" right before the end?

I think you're referring to the super-phased violin loop from ELO's "Evil Woman"

Rock part after the "Nerds" bit: "Ohm" by Yo La Tengo (I got some help from my SoundHound app for that one).

Also in the latest iteration of the collage: Another ELO song, "Don't Bring Me Down". That song's four-on-the-floor beat is mixed in with a sort of industrial sounding click-track. Anywhere know where that beat is from? The part that's combined with "Don't Bring Me Down"?

Also in the recent collage: The synth bass part from Frankie Goes to Hollywood's "Relax" combined with the spooky pre-song rumblings of Pink Floyd's "Welcome to the Machine". The spooky Floyd rumble returns towards the end to underscore Roy Orbison's "It's Over" :(

I don't think this has been noted in the thread yet - the howling sound from a few of the collages (first heard October 22) is from MC5's "Borderline", here at 2:03: MC5-"Borderline" from "Kick Out the Jams" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFQ2bQI-V1k&feature=youtu.be&t=2m3s#)

My dream for the last sound collage is that he includes that bit from "Marquee Moon" but let's it play to that really pretty, shimmering part just after that (sorry, awful at describing specific moments in music). But that moment has always been so heavenly to me, and it has such an air of finality to it.

Was that Longmont Potion Castle? The section with the two guys on the phone talking about Pink Floydconcerts?

It's a phone conversation between two guys named Derek and Kurt. Kurt made and recorded the call during which he knew just the right questions to ask to get Derek to say some of the greatest things I've ever heard. Based on references made I've been able to determine that the call is from 1993. I first heard it sometime in the late 90s/early 00s. The call was the equivalent of "Rock, Rot & Rule" among touring metal bands of that time.

The entire call is nearly 45 minutes. I cut it up into individual tracks as there are a few times that Derek puts Kurt on hold for a couple of minutes. I uploaded the call to my Google Drive. Have at it!

Very nice, I was wondering where that creepy sound was coming from. I heard that song hundreds of times as a kid but didn't make the connection.

I was shopping in Trader Joe's a few days ago and "Evil Woman" came on the store's sound system ... I started getting unreasonably excited for THAT PART of the song to happen. And when it did I had to hold myself back from tapping the shoulders of people ahead of me in line to tell them about it.

In the final collage, there was a clip from a S&W call where John is telling Tom to kill someone, or else a bear will come in and eat him or something. It sounded different from most S&W calls I've heard. Anyone know when it's from?

In the final collage, there was a clip from a S&W call where John is telling Tom to kill someone, or else a bear will come in and eat him or something. It sounded different from most S&W calls I've heard. Anyone know when it's from?

This is what I mean...some insane person must want to do a full cataloguing of the collages, right? C'mon!

In the final collage, there was a clip from a S&W call where John is telling Tom to kill someone, or else a bear will come in and eat him or something. It sounded different from most S&W calls I've heard. Anyone know when it's from?

It's from "Gregor McWilliams, Relaxation Guru," the JW call from 1-3-2006, near the end of the call.

In the newest version of the collage, where's the squealy laughter from? The guy says "eyes on the prize" right before it and "that is hilarious" right after it. It's at about 10:21 of the current version.

Somewhere else in this thread some laughter was attributed to PFT, but that doesn't sound like it to me.

In the newest version of the collage, where's the squealy laughter from? The guy says "eyes on the prize" right before it and "that is hilarious" right after it. It's at about 10:21 of the current version.

Somewhere else in this thread some laughter was attributed to PFT, but that doesn't sound like it to me.

I wish there was some kind of annotated sound cloud thing-y where as each collage plays little notes pop up detailing the source as it starts

I shall take the bait on this one. Here's the collage from the Christmas Eve Eve show:

https://soundcloud.com/rpm1200/thebestshownet-collage-1

I'm commenting as much as I can based on this thread but if anyone wants to jump in and comment some more that would be great.

Hey RPM, never noticed you did this! Thanks! I listened to the first few minutes and didn't see any tags pop up. Are we supposed to supply the IDs in the comments section? I thought as the samples came up there would be IDs but maybe that's where we come in!

I wish there was some kind of annotated sound cloud thing-y where as each collage plays little notes pop up detailing the source as it starts

I shall take the bait on this one. Here's the collage from the Christmas Eve Eve show:

https://soundcloud.com/rpm1200/thebestshownet-collage-1

I'm commenting as much as I can based on this thread but if anyone wants to jump in and comment some more that would be great.

Hey RPM, never noticed you did this! Thanks! I listened to the first few minutes and didn't see any tags pop up. Are we supposed to supply the IDs in the comments section? I thought as the samples came up there would be IDs but maybe that's where we come in!

Aaargh! I had a lot of comments in there and they are all gone now! Sometimes when I load the soundcloud page it says "20 comments" and other times "0 comments" but I don't see the actual comments anymore. If I go to my notifications they are all there but no-one but me can see that. Computers suck.

But anyway, that is how it's supposed to work, you are supposed to be able to see the comments on the timeline and they will also pop up as the clip plays.

I like how Tom put some hip hop into the collage before the most recent one. Assuming that's an answer to the caller who claimed he never plays hip hop anymore. I recognized "Microphone Fiend" by Eric B and Rakim but could not ID the beat boxing tracks.

And click back and forth between the track and the hashtags. I got the comments to show up once or twice doing that. They still don't show up on the timeline or pop up as they should but it's something. I tried asking soundcloud for support but no reply.

In the 9/29 sound collage, who is singing Take Me Out To The Ballgame and talking about the musical Damn Yankees?

So you guys know, I started this thread, a while back: http://www.friendsoftom.com/forum/index.php?topic=9371.0 (http://www.friendsoftom.com/forum/index.php?topic=9371.0) . I am not sure if there's a way for them to be merged or whatever, but there it is, if you are interested.

So you guys know, I started this thread, a while back: [url]http://www.friendsoftom.com/forum/index.php?topic=9371.0[/url] ([url]http://www.friendsoftom.com/forum/index.php?topic=9371.0[/url]) . I am not sure if there's a way for them to be merged or whatever, but there it is, if you are interested.

-Z-Man

Oh man! I searched pretty hard for this topic before posting, but clearly not hard enough. Thanks for the tip! Let's just SHUT THIS ONE DOWN.

Can anyone identify the clip around 2:36:15 in this week's sound collage? It's right between the clip about the Pink Floyd concert and the crowd singing My Ding-A-Ling (even typing that feels gross). It sounds a little like MC Steinberg but I know it's not.

It's a nasal voice saying "Waaaaah I don't wanna go to ....?....." (I can't make out the last word at all)

that was from the Tompersonation contest where all the guy did was go "WAAAAAHH!!! I DON'T WANT TO DO THE SHOW! I DON'T WANT TO DO THE SHHOOOWWWWWW!!!!!" without identifying himself. tom really got a kick out of it. he does kind of sound like steinberg but i'm not sure if it was him or not (brett davis did call in with kind of a low-key impersonation earlier in that episode, or maybe later i forget)

that was from the Tompersonation contest where all the guy did was go "WAAAAAHH!!! I DON'T WANT TO DO THE SHOW! I DON'T WANT TO DO THE SHHOOOWWWWWW!!!!!" without identifying himself. tom really got a kick out of it. he does kind of sound like steinberg but i'm not sure if it was him or not (brett davis did call in with kind of a low-key impersonation earlier in that episode, or maybe later i forget)

that was from the Tompersonation contest where all the guy did was go "WAAAAAHH!!! I DON'T WANT TO DO THE SHOW! I DON'T WANT TO DO THE SHHOOOWWWWWW!!!!!" without identifying himself. tom really got a kick out of it. he does kind of sound like steinberg but i'm not sure if it was him or not (brett davis did call in with kind of a low-key impersonation earlier in that episode, or maybe later i forget)

that was from the Tompersonation contest where all the guy did was go "WAAAAAHH!!! I DON'T WANT TO DO THE SHOW! I DON'T WANT TO DO THE SHHOOOWWWWWW!!!!!" without identifying himself. tom really got a kick out of it. he does kind of sound like steinberg but i'm not sure if it was him or not (brett davis did call in with kind of a low-key impersonation earlier in that episode, or maybe later i forget)

Yeah, that's my Tompersonation. It's not too far off from my normal speaking voice (if you can imagine) and, as Fredericks said, there's a year's worth of me talking on the Skype thing. It's half just verbatim something I think Tom said at one point and half an imitation of the sound of my 3 year-old niece making her baby doll cry.

that was from the Tompersonation contest where all the guy did was go "WAAAAAHH!!! I DON'T WANT TO DO THE SHOW! I DON'T WANT TO DO THE SHHOOOWWWWWW!!!!!" without identifying himself. tom really got a kick out of it. he does kind of sound like steinberg but i'm not sure if it was him or not (brett davis did call in with kind of a low-key impersonation earlier in that episode, or maybe later i forget)

that was from the Tompersonation contest where all the guy did was go "WAAAAAHH!!! I DON'T WANT TO DO THE SHOW! I DON'T WANT TO DO THE SHHOOOWWWWWW!!!!!" without identifying himself. tom really got a kick out of it. he does kind of sound like steinberg but i'm not sure if it was him or not (brett davis did call in with kind of a low-key impersonation earlier in that episode, or maybe later i forget)

-The guy saying 'I got it I gotta get it I want it ya gotta have it gotta want it' etc.

-The recording of some sort of interview where a guy says he's in a band from New Jersey, interviewer asks what they sound like, guy says 'Heavy stuff,' interviewer says 'Oh that's not what we want. We want something like Chick Corea' and they guy says 'Oh yeah we're soft. We do jazzy stuff'.

-The guy saying 'I got it I gotta get it I want it ya gotta have it gotta want it' etc.

-The recording of some sort of interview where a guy says he's in a band from New Jersey, interviewer asks what they sound like, guy says 'Heavy stuff,' interviewer says 'Oh that's not what we want. We want something like Chick Corea' and they guy says 'Oh yeah we're soft. We do jazzy stuff'.

The first one is Andy Kindler doing his Pig Pen impression on the show.

what is that weird whooshing sound in the most recent collage? (it shows up for the first time about 1:33:35 in (http://thebestshow.net/episode/best-show-2018-ned-from-newbridge-hospital-sound-collage-more/))

what is that weird whooshing sound in the most recent collage? (it shows up for the first time about 1:33:35 in ([url]http://thebestshow.net/episode/best-show-2018-ned-from-newbridge-hospital-sound-collage-more/[/url]))

Anyone know the identity of Gorplex 8243? Kind of sounds like Jon Daly.

I need to know this. It's been bugging me all year, and especially since it popped up on the last episode.Google is useless on this - I thought it was "Korplex" but even trying every variation on that plus using a "G" instead, I get nothing!

Gorplex seems to be from New Year's Eve on Fox last year, hosted by Steve Harvey. I haven't found any video of this yet, but at least two people tweeted about it. They had very different opinions about it.

Gorplex seems to be from New Year's Eve on Fox last year, hosted by Steve Harvey. I haven't found any video of this yet, but at least two people tweeted about it. They had very different opinions about it.

OK this helped me find it. Though I didn't find Gorplex because I was skipping ahead too fast, Harvey had Rob Riggle do a bunch of bits as different characters, so whomever suggested Riggle as Gorplex, wins! If anyone can tell me at what minute in this video Rob becomes Gorplex, much appreciated:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPu1mmIZCDc (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPu1mmIZCDc)